Calculating the Outbound Shipping Weight for the Weight Handling fee

For orders on Amazon.ca, the Outbound Shipping Weight is calculated for each individual unit by adding the Packaging Weight to the Unit Weight. The total for each unit is rounded up to the nearest 100 g for Envelope shipments and to the nearest 500 g for Standard and Oversize shipments. The Outbound Shipping Weight is then multiplied by the Weight Handling fee.

For Multi-Channel Fulfilment orders: The Outbound Shipping Weight is calculated by adding a dunnage factor of 10% to the combined total of the individual unit weight of each unit in the shipment, then rounding up to the nearest 500g.

Dimensional Weight: Following industry practices, the billable product weight will be the greater of the product’s actual weight and its dimensional weight where dimensional weight is calculated as the product’s volume (length x width x height) in centimetres cubed divided by 6,000. This provides the dimensional weight in kilograms. This calculation is used by both UPS and Canada Post for ground shipments. In accordance with local standards, shipment weight will be calculated by adding all of the weights of the seller’s products in a shipment, adding the weight of the box, and then rounding up to the nearest 100 g for Envelope shipments and 500 g for Standard shipments.